Sunday, June 26, 2011

Africa is sending back those Tees to America...

   Project Repat purchases amazing t-shirt castoffs from secondhand markets around the world, takes thoe spectacular t-shirts home with their team of volunteers, and then rebrands and resells the shirts in the United States in support of nonprofits active in the developing world. 






The Project Repat Kickstarter Video from Project Repat on Vimeo.
95% of t-shirts donated to places like the Goodwill are resold to t-shirt middlemen who resell the shirts in bulk to local secondhand t-shirt markets around the developing world. While an abundant supply of slightly less ironically amazing t-shirts are always available for purchase by consumers in these countries, the real tragedy occurs when amazing t-shirts are sent away to foreign lands before they have a chance to achieve their maximum potential of hip right here in the United States. But now, thanks to Project Repat, premature deportation has a cure!

Help Sean and Ross raise $5,000 to make the "I Didn't Dance My Ass Off at Josh's Bar Mitzvah" movie as they tell the story behind Project Repat and the t-shirt castoffs from secondhand markets around the world supporting nonprofit organizations around the corner.


Taking back the Mitumba handed to these countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Costa Rica, Haiti and re-selling them back to America for aid purposes..who woulda thought right?

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